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Kathy
Feb 15, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorite-covers, england, favorites, mystery, highly-recommend, great-titles, a-through-z-challenge-2010, series, favorite-authors
Flavia de Luce is one of the most delightful characters to come along in contemporary mystery fiction in some time. Introduced to this charming character in The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, she continues to entertain and engage the reader in this second novel of the series. Bradley in his writing, full of wit and humor, is able to spin tales that are totally absorbing, literally the kind you don't want to put down and can't wait to pick up again. The reader is definitely left hungry for m ...more
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Joanna
Dec 25, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: historical-fiction, audiobooks, rws-2016-winter, 2016-read
I liked this book more than the first in the series. Somehow, Flavia seemed more likeable and less creepy here; maybe I'm just getting used to her as a character. Again, I found the reader for the audiobook to do a good job and think these sorts of first-person narration translate extremely well to audio format.

I got a bit bogged down in the chemistry details, which might have been easier to follow in print than in the audio. Still, I found the setting wonderful -- I love the idea of Flavia trol ...more
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Rachel N.
Sep 09, 2014 rated it liked it
The second Flavia deLuce mystery. This time a puppeteer's van breaks down Bishop's Lacey and in order to pay for his van repairs he agrees to do a puppet show at the church. Murder soon follows. I found the book to be really slow moving with not much of a mystery plot. Flavia is still overly precocious and her sisters are still brats. ...more
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Leslie
Jul 10, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Onward Flavia !!! Loved this book..
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Suzanne
Feb 17, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: cozy-mysteries, british-fiction, 1950s
I just love little Flavia!!
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Betty
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Amanda A
Oct 08, 2017 rated it liked it
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Apr 13, 2010 rated it really liked it
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Jul 22, 2010 rated it really liked it
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Joanie
Apr 25, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Hege
Sep 10, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Oct 31, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Jan 22, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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